‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ Remake Casting Update

ROONEY MARA (Urban Legends: Bloody Mary) is in final negotiations to star as the “average” teen protagonist [NANCY THOMPSON, the role originally played by HEATHER LANGENKAMP,] in Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Platinum Dunes’ remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which begins lensing in Chicago early next month.

She will join the previously announced Jackie Earle Haley (Freddy Krueger), Kyle Gallner (Quentin) and Thomas Dekker (Jesse) in the film being helmed by music video director Samuel Bayer.